EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that IFC Films longtime Head of PR, Laura Sok, will be departing.
13.04.2023 - 02:45 / nypost.com
NPR Tiny Desk Concert — now that he knows what it is. A fan-led Twitter campaign to get the 48-year-old “Back That Azz Up” rapper to take part in the famed concert series started last week when a supporter tweeted at NPR to “please” have him on.
A confused Juvenile quote-tweeted the plea on Tuesday, writing, “Wtf is a tiny desk and no” before adding laughing face emojis.Fans took to the platform to educate the “Slow Motion” artist about the popular show, which has featured everyone from Harry Styles to Sting and Shaggy performing at “All Songs Considered” host Bob Boilen’s desk in Washington, DC.Juvenile jumped back online early Wednesday morning, challenging Twitter users to retweet him 10,000 times. If they did, he claimed he’d “RECONSIDER doing @NPR Tiny Desk” while drinking an “ice cold” Juvie Juice.The beverage — his recent partnership with Urban South Brewery — is an adult version of a half lemonade and half iced tea drink, traditionally known as an Arnold Palmer.Fans accepted the challenge, retweeting the rapper’s message over 11,000 times as of Wednesday night.Juvenile is seemingly holding up his end of the bargain, too.“The People Have Spoken!!!! 10k!! and @NPR locked it in,” he claimed Wednesday afternoon, though he did not provide concert details.“I appreciate the luv and I’m gonna put on a one of a kind show for y’all on #TinyDesk,” he added.The Post has contacted reps for Juvenile and NPR Music for comment.Juvenile’s most recent album was 2019’s “Just Another Gangsta” — a joint venture with fellow rapper Birdman, 54.
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that IFC Films longtime Head of PR, Laura Sok, will be departing.
A legend lost. Len Goodman has died less than one year after announcing his exit from Dancing With the Stars.
CBS is debuting a revamped daily streaming politics show American Decides, which will feature a team of the network anchors and correspondents.
CNN’s Dana Bash, accusing her and her peers of “covering up” for Democrats when it comes to the issue of late-term abortions. The heated exchange occurred on Bash’s “State of the Union,” when the anchor questioned Graham on the issue of abortion as the Supreme Court this past week issued a stay on a lower court ruling banning the use of the abortion drug mifepristone.
M83 called off a show at Austin’s Stubb’s Bar-B-Q after frontman Anthony Gonzalez left the stage one song into the setlist.Last week (April 14), the band reportedly walked offstage during a performance of ‘Oceans Niagara’. According to social media reports, the venue later said the show was being cancelled due to “illness”, but ticket holders were then contacted about refunds.At the time, no official statement was made by M83 but there has now been an update via the band’s social media, with a statement from Gonzalez, who offered an apology.“Unfortunately I had been feeling very unwell all that day but I was very keen to still try and do the show,” he wrote.
Duane Earl Poole, a writer and producer for Aaron Spelling, Hanna-Barbera and Sid & Marty Krofft whose credits include Hart To Hart, The Love Boat, The Smurfs and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, died of cancer on April 1 in Studio City, CA. He was 74.
One skater who filled the net more than anyone else this hockey season and two goalies who backstopped their team to a historic campaign will be featured in this year’s awards special on NHL Network.
A guard of honour by animals loved so dearly by Paul O'Grady from Battersea Cat and Dogs Home will take place before the much loved comedian's funeral today (Thursday, April 20).
McKinley Franklin editor Duane Earl Poole, writer of “Hart to Hart,” died on April 1 due to cancer. He was 74. Poole worked under Aaron Spelling’s team of writers and producers on television programs including “Hart to Hart,” “The Love Boat,” “Lottery!,” “Glitter” and “Hotel.” He also worked with Hanna-Barbera’s production team alongside Sid and Marty Kroft, where he contributed to children’s programs such as “The Great Grape Ape,” “A Flintstones Christmas,” “The Smurfs,” “Electra Woman and Dyna Girl,” “Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks” and “C.H.O.M.P.S.”
Priyanka Chopra Jonas couldn’t be prouder of the female actors of her generation.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel took the NAB Show stage Monday to announce a new public-private initiative led by the National Association of Broadcasters to guide the next steps of what is known as “NextGen TV.”
Jamie Foxx’s double continues to fill in for the star in his absence.
Drake Bell, the former star of Nickelodeon’s Drake & Josh who in 2021 pleaded guilty to felony charges related to an incident involving a 15-year-old girl, was reported by police today to be “missing and endangered” in Daytona Beach, FL, today.
Lala Kent is letting her opinion be known!On Wednesday, following this week's all-new episode of Vanderpump Rules, Kent appeared on, where she shared her thoughts on Tom Sandoval's affair with Raquel Leviss, Tom Schwartz's explosive appearance last week, and of course, the Scandoval of it all.«It was so cringy. He needs to walk through it with a PR team first,» Kent said of Shwartz's sit-down. «Maybe I should walk through stuff with a PR too, so I don't know.»Addressing Schwartz's bombshell revelation that Sandoval is «in love» with Leviss, Kent said she thinks Leviss may be in love with Sandoval, but doesn't necessarily think it's a two-way street.«I think Raquel may be in love with him, I don't think he's in love with her because I think he's incapable of that type of emotion,» the reality star said.As fans of the show know, last month, ET confirmed that Sandoval and Ariana Madix called it quits after she discovered the aspiring musician was having an affair with Leviss.As for when Kent said she became suspicious of Sandoval and Leviss' tryst, Kent said she first thought something was amiss back in August when the months-long affair is rumored to have begun.When it comes to the theory that Schwartz's makeout session with Leviss was done in an attempt to throw everyone off Sandoval and Leviss' scent, Kent said she believes Schwartz was indeed a decoy, whether or not he was aware of it at the time.«I think Schwartz was absolutely the decoy, and I don't think he realized it. That's what's so gross about it,» Kent stated.Kent doesn't have much hope for a long-term romance between Sandoval and Leviss, saying, «Absolutely not. He's going to now see that it's real life, and he's going to be like, there isn't much happening
Katie Holmes may have still been in the early stages of her acting career when she filmed First Daughter in 2004, but she was already taking her roles very seriously. So committed was the actress to starring as the president's daughter accurately, that when preparing to do so, she went so far as to get some advice from a real president's daughter.
Jenna Bush Hager missed a very important phone call. On Wednesday's, the host opened up about the moment Katie Holmes reached out to her — and she didn't pick up.While talking about doing research for roles, Hoda Kotb asked Holmes if she remembers the time she reached out to a particular first daughter, ahead of playing one in her film, . «I believe I did,» the actress playfully responded when asked if she called Hager, who along with her sister, Barbara Bush, was the first daughter as their father, George W.
Ariana DeBose has been set as the host of the 2023 Tony Awards, marking her second year in a row hosting Broadway’s biggest night.
EXCLUSIVE: Distribution executive Jasper Basch is returning to Variance Films, this time as their new Head of Distribution. He will be departing IFC Films as their Director of Sales and Distribution toward the end of this week, marking the third senior staff departure for the company in two weeks.
If at first you don’t succeed, try again! This seems to be Kwame Appiah‘s motto!
The Italian embassy got dressed up Monday night, April 3, to celebrate Signature Theatre’s 2023 Sondheim Award honoree, theater legend, and homegrown D.C. icon, Chita Rivera.